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Public Act 096-0176 was signed into law on 8/10/2009, which allows municipalities to arrange for the provision of electricity to residential and small commercial retail customers by alternative electric suppliers (i.e. suppliers other than ComEd). Under this law, the Village of Deer Park may seek bids for the provision of aggregate electricity supply services to these customers.

Electricity aggregation combines the retail electric loads of customers, in this case, more than a thousand customers. By combining the electrical loads, the Village of Deer Park can leverage its buying power for Village residents and small businesses.

Public Act 096-0176 was signed into law on 8/10/2009, which allows municipalities to arrange for the provision of electricity to residential and small commercial retail customers by alternative electric suppliers (i.e. suppliers other than ComEd). Under this law, the Village of Deer Park may seek bids for the provision of aggregate electricity supply services to these customers.

Electricity aggregation combines the retail electric loads of customers, in this case, more than a thousand customers. By combining the electrical loads, the Village of Deer Park can leverage its buying power for Village residents and small businesses.

All eligible residential and small business customers not currently enrolled in the program can Opt-In by calling Dynegy at 844-351-7691 and asking for the Village of Deer Park aggregation program rate. You will need to provide your ComEd account number, name, address, and phone.

You are not obligated to participate. You are free to opt out before the program begins or to request to be terminated after you are enrolled, and will never be charged a fee to switch back to the default ComEd rate.

No, there will be no disruption in service. You will continue to receive the same electric service through the same transmission and distribution system currently operated by ComEd. The switch to Dynegy is seamless.

ComEd is responsible for ensuring that electricity flows through its distribution network to all homes and businesses. Being a member of an electricity aggregation program does not change how ComEd responds to outages. ComEd continues to be responsible for the wires, poles, and all emergencies, including outage restoration. All service issues, including power outages, should still be reported to ComEd at 1-800-334-7661.

You will receive an informative notice program details. Call Dynegy at 844-351-7691 and provide them with your ComEd account number. If you are currently enrolled with another alternative supplier that is not the Village's program, you should check your contract to understand any early termination fees to which you may be subject. You may wait for your current contract to expire and enroll with Dynegy at any time during the 12-month term.

The ComEd base rate starting October has been announced at 6.31 cents plus or minus a monthly Purchased Electricity Adjustment (PEA) of 0.5 cents and will be reset June 2017. The ComEd default rate includes three charges: supply, transmission and PEA. For more information, visit pluginillinois.org

No. ComEd continues to bill for electric supply, delivery and taxes. ComEd delivers electricity, and will continue to bill you, but they no longer supply it. They will pass along the fees you pay for electric supply to the new supplier.

No. ComEd has not generated electricity since 2007. A government agency, the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) contracts electric supply for ratepayers choosing what is called the default ComEd rate. You are free to choose any supplier you wish.

Please not State Regulations that prohibit some switching. If your account was with an alternative supplier and you switch back to ComEd, you have two billing cycles in which you must move to another supplier or be subject to a six-month "bundled hold" status, during which you may not switch back to that same supplier. However, you may switch at any time to a different supplier than you just left.

PLEASE NOTE: No one from Dynegy or the Village will ever visit your home or call you to enroll. ComEd will not ask for your account number. If someone contacts you claiming to be the Village's supplier, please report such activity to Village Hall or file complaint with the ICC at http://www.icc.illinois.gov/consumer/complaint. You should never reveal your ComEd account number to a solicitor unless you are certain you wish to enroll with that supplier and have read all terms and conditions.

If you stay within the Village limits, you must call Dynegy to re-enroll at your new address. Residents moving into the community after the program begins will not be automatically enrolled in the program, but may enroll at any time.

Yes. Your energy supply meets the Illinois Renewable Portfolio Standard, which is 11.5% for the Energy Year June 2016 to May 2017. Thus a portion of your electric supply is sourced from renewable resources such as solar, hydro or wind, via Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).